langue

Etymology

French

Noun

langue (uncountable)

1. (linguistics) Language as a system rather than language in use, including the formal rules, structures, and limitations of language.

Anagrams

• Naugle, genual, lagune, ulnage

Etymology

From Middle French langue, from Old French langue, from Latin lingua (“tongue, speech, language”), from Old Latin dingua, from Proto-Italic *denɣwā, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s (“tongue, speech, language”).

See cognates in regional languages in France: Norman laungue, Gallo lenghe, Picard lingke, Bourguignon laingue, Franco-Provençal lengoua, Occitan lenga, Corsican lingua.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɑ̃ɡ/

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Noun

langue f (plural langues)

1. (anatomy) tongue

   la langue dans la bouche

   the tongue in the mouth

2. (linguistics) language (system of communication using written or spoken words)

   la langue maternelle

   the mother tongue, native language

   faire parler la langue française

   to make speak the French language

   — Bertrand Barère

Further reading

• “langue” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• englua
• lagune

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -anɡwe

Verb

langue

1. third-person singular present indicative of languire

Anagrams

• lagune

Verb

languē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of langueō

Etymology

From Old French langue, from Latin lingua, from Old Latin dingua, from Proto-Italic *denɣwā, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.

Noun

langue f (plural langues)

1. (anatomy) tongue
2. language

Etymology

From Old French langue, from Latin lingua, from Old Latin *dingua, from Proto-Italic *denɣwā, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.

Noun

langue f (plural langues)

1. (Jersey, Guernsey, anatomy) tongue
2. (Jersey) language

Alternative forms

• lingue
• lengue

Etymology

From Latin lingua, from Old Latin *dingua, from Proto-Italic *denɣwā, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.

Noun

langue f (oblique plural langues, nominative singular langue, nominative plural langues)

1. (anatomy) tongue
2. language

Etymology

From Old French langue, from Latin lingua, from Old Latin *dingua, from Proto-Italic *denɣwā, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.

Noun

langue f (plural langues)

1. (anatomy) tongue
2. language

Etymology

From French langue.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɫaːŋɡ/

Noun

langue f

1. (linguistics) langue

Usage notes

Indeclinable.

Further reading

• langue in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk